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The hunt for Vista Frankenbuild

Looks like the boys in Redmond have their eyes on the hackers trying to get around Windows Vista product activation, or the affectionately named "Frankenbuilds."

At present they seem to have picked up two distinct workarounds. Microsoft has invested heavily in combatting the pirates and future updates will mean that non-genuine installations will only be able to be used for an hour at a time.

December 17, 2006 |

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